【Kang Hongshu Column】
Be a teacher
Original author | Kang Hongshu
As a teacher, the first time I heard these four words was the year I first went to Normal University. I remember the first time I took a classical literature class, our white-haired Professor Huang, a well-educated Confucian who had experienced the Republic of China and the new China, stood on the podium, faced us, and said excitedly: "Students, I am very happy to see you come to this normal college, and I believe that most of your classmates will become a teacher in the future." Today, I want to send you four words", he paused, dragged his voice and said, "For the -people-teacher-table, I hope you will remember and practice in your future work." From today onwards, all students will be prepared to be a teacher and study hard to become a teacher! "As a student doll who came out of the countryside, hearing these four words for the first time, it was like a thousand words, full of piety. Since then, it has been deeply imprinted in my heart. In the days of teaching in the future, it was the plaque hanging high in me and the mirror in my heart, which always guided me to lead by example, set an example, and teach and educate people.
To be a teacher means to be an example for others to learn from in terms of character and learning. In ancient China, there has always been great attention to the teacher's morality and teacher's table. Not only is it very strict in hiring teachers, but there are also a series of requirements and assessments, from coursework to character supervision and inspection. On the day of the opening of the museum, teachers must also take an oath in public - to establish a religion, to honor themselves, to be a role model for others, and to never change or regret for life.
Let's take a look at some of the sages and famous teachers.
Confucius, who pioneered the style of private lectures, had three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages, leaving the Analects. He has loved the cause of education all his life, engaged in educational activities all his life, learned without tiredness, taught people tirelessly, not only taught by words, but also taught by example, teachers and students are suitable, and he is known as the Most Holy Teacher of Dacheng.
Mencius, with many disciples and seventeen sages, passed on Mencius. Mencius was eloquent, liked to use stories and metaphors to preach and teach, often debated with his disciples, discussed things, and was known as Yasheng, and later generations built the temple of the first master.
Zhu Zi, who has been diligent in his studies all his life, lifts up the academy. He has been engaged in lecturing activities for a long time, carefully compiling various teaching materials such as the "Notes on the Four Books" and cultivating many talents. Its educational thinking is broad and profound, with the "Zhuzi Reading Method", and divides a person's lifelong education into "primary school" and "university", which is suitable for teaching. He and many of his disciples were also teachers and friends, among whom the story of Cai Yuanding hanging a lamp and sitting and talking about the Tao is still a beautiful talk today.
Tao Xingzhi, who studied under Dewey in the United States, returned from overseas education in 1917. He saw that China was devastated and impoverished. He believes that the root of the disease lies in education. China is a big agricultural country, and if we want to develop education, we must go to the countryside. He resolutely gave up the university's excellent vocational salary, vigorously promoted civilian education, and founded the first Xiaozhuang Rural Normal School in 1927. He had a wish in his heart to train millions of rural teachers for China. To this end, he traveled all over the country, and the flower of this wish spread all the way. In 1946, he fell on the road to education due to overwork. When Mr. Wang's coffin returned to Nanjing, the people in Nanjing spontaneously cried and sang for Mr. Fuling. Song Qingling wrote the "Master of Ten Thousand Worlds" for him. "Education is just, to reach the world is public", "come with a heart, do not bring half a blade of grass", Mr. Li's words are still in my ears.
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The wind of the sons, the mountains and rivers are long, the teachers are the masters, and the fragrance of all generations.
For the teacher to have the way, this is the appearance of the teacher capitalized, but also the model of the life of the teacher.
Being a teacher should have a very heavy weight in the hearts of teachers. It is a hoop that regulates the teacher's words and deeds; it is a beam of light that guides the teacher in the direction of progress; it is a sword that pierces the teacher's laziness.
To this day, as a teacher, it has long lost its former solemnity, and after being increasingly polluted by the world and worn by reality, it has become a void and weakened. Look at some teachers now, they have long forgotten the oath of the teacher, no longer take "learning to be a teacher, being a model", and no longer take education as the big and the students as the most important. In the teacher's heart, it is more about fame and fortune. They often do not do their jobs, and as teachers, they are engaged in a second profession. Although some people do not have side jobs, they use students as resources, make up lessons, activities, materials, and cleverly set up names for personal gain. These teachers do not care about the students at all, and even ignore the problems of the students. There are also some teachers, uneasy about their duties, mixed with the world all day, addicted to the communication of the wine bureau card field song hall, and have long forgotten the identity of the teacher.
As a teacher, he has been infected by lust for profit and is almost hidden, right?
Feasible has a way, and the teacher has a teacher. Once you enter the door of a teacher, you will educate people from then on. As a teacher and a role model, you should always follow the principle of teaching from the teacher, and it will never change. In ancient China, great importance was attached to the division and door rules. At the beginning, incense should be burned, and the three prayers and nine prostrations should be performed, and the door rules and teachers should be remembered. If you betray the division and violate the rules of the door, you will either be expelled from the division or clean up the door. This is not only a way to respect the teacher, but also a respect for an industry and the requirements of the profession.
Education is the cause of cultivating and shaping people. The small is related to the individual student, the middle is related to the family and society, and the large is related to the future of the country and the nation. Teachers are those who are engaged in this cause, with sacred professions and great responsibilities. If there is no original intention of loving education, without the ingenuity of studying and teaching, without the meditation of adhering to the spiritual homeland, without the love of educating people, how to face a fresh and vigorous face, how to ferry a heart that seeks knowledge one by one?
Some people liken teachers to "engineers of the human soul", "diligent gardeners", others to "spring silkworms", "candles", "human ladders". People give the best metaphors and words to the teacher, the teacher, the high moral, the erudite, the knowledgeable, the teacher of the hundreds, the teacher with his own admirable light. But at the same time, teachers also carry the fate of students, the rise and fall of families, and the future of the country, which can be described as a long way to go. Therefore, the profession of a teacher brings not only an income to the teacher, but also an honor.
It can be said that the first profession in the world is teaching, and those who teach should abide by the rules of being a teacher.
Si Ran, master, from what aspects should we be a teacher?
1. Writing.
Teachers, first, write standard words, do not scribble strokes, second, write correct words, do not make typos and consecutive articles, and third, practice hard pen words, chalk words, and write beautiful words. Chinese characters, horizontal and vertical skimming, between the square circles, have their own heaven and earth. And writing is sexual, and words are like their people. "With the pen in the heart, the heart is correct, the pen is correct, the pen is the law", "The character is different, the temperament is different, the strokes are lucky, and the evil is self-formed". As a teacher, you must write beautiful words and become the "calligraphy teacher" that students imitate; words also become the teacher's personal business card. Due to the advent of the Internet, many teachers now can't write, forget when they mention the pen, and write like graffiti, and can't bear to look at it directly. How can such a teacher ask students to do a good job of writing, and how can they be a role model for others?
Second, speak.
To be a teacher, one must speak Mandarin. A pure Mandarin, you can travel all over the world, and the recitation of speeches with emotion can touch people's hearts. Mandarin is the language of the campus and the demand of the times. Second, we must speak civilized. Civilized language, elegant and dignified, reflects the spirit of a person's literacy. Schools are the source of the evolution of civilization; language is the cultural force that connects people's hearts. Teachers eat open-mouthed meals, can talk, say good things, and plant beautiful seeds invisibly. Children like to listen to you, willing to look at your looks, and your education will happen naturally. If a teacher speaks ugly, speaks dryly, and some are mixed with dialects, how can students be interested in listening to you, and how can you ask students to speak Mandarin and civilized language?
Third, healthy life.
This is a point that is very neglected by teachers now, but it is also an important aspect. Because the teacher is the mentor of education, it directly affects the child's personality and interest. Therefore, the teacher must be full of pattern, sound personality, healthy and upward. The first is to be open-minded and optimistic. "The sea is full of rivers, and there is tolerance is great", "those who laugh, show the courage and strength of life". Such a teacher will bring out students who are sunny and cheerful, open-minded and generous. The second is to be strict with self-discipline and positive. Teachers, to manage their life and work in an orderly manner, active life, the pursuit of quality. Self-discipline is noble, and attitude determines life. Only with such personal qualities can we cultivate self-disciplined and positive students. The third is to have ambition. "Water is fierce, and people are excited", "If people have no interest, life will be a pool of stagnant water". Teachers must have their own life planning and career pursuits in their work, that is, to set up a work aspiration, to become a good teacher, to become a famous teacher, to become an academic and expert teacher? Only when there is ambition is motivation, and work feels meaningful. Have your own interests in life, calligraphy, painting, recitation, singing, dancing, sports... Choose what you are interested in, practice often, life will be interesting and interesting, work does not feel tired, complement each other. And this has a greater impact on children, dreams and interests, one determines how high a person can climb, and the other determines whether a person is happy in life. Healthy living teachers will educate a group of healthy children, which also corresponds to the ancient six arts of "etiquette, music, shooting, imperial, book, and counting". If a teacher is narrow-minded, has a negative life, has no pursuits, and has no hobbies, can you imagine what the students he brings out will look like?
Fourth, profound knowledge.
"Teacher, so preach, teach, and solve puzzles." To give a child a bowl of water, you must have a river of living water. "The prestige of the teacher is based on the knowledge of the master", "knowledge is the cornerstone of the teacher's teaching". As a teacher, you must read more books, read a lot of books, in addition to professional books, but also look at all kinds of encyclopedic knowledge including history, geography, philosophy, with knowledge to make students admire, with the ability to convince students, to be a polymath teacher. Today, our teachers are not as good as the ancients, but they are deep in professional knowledge, interdisciplinary knowledge should be known for a few points, and some miscellaneous studies, hot spots and students' interested knowledge should also be understood. When the teacher is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, knowledgeable about astronomy, and geography, students will worship incomparably, will spontaneously follow suit, like to read, explore the world, and aspire to become erudite people. On the contrary, if the teacher is lonely and unheard, how to arouse the interest of students, it is estimated that the students will be drowsy as soon as the class starts.
5. Spiritual will.
People need a little spirit. Yang Jingyu said: "Just like fire, let the snow seal the mountains, birds and beasts hide, as long as we have fire, we can drive away the cold and bring light and warmth." The teacher is an example for the students, so it is necessary to establish a spirit, and to infect the child, summon the child, and influence the child. This point, in the current education is too little, many children do not have spiritual calcium, encounter a little thing to withdraw, encounter setbacks will not be strong. And life can not be smooth, there will always be difficulties or failures, especially the need for spiritual will to support. And this quality needs to be imperceptibly taught by the teacher from an early age, and grow little by little. Teachers, they must shape their spiritual quality, study diligently, study hard, work hard, work tirelessly, bravely shoulder the burden, and face difficulties, only in this way can they have their own side of the world. The spiritual light on the teacher will also illuminate the child's heart, so that the child can absorb strength and bravely move forward. The power of the spirit is infinite, especially for children. If the teacher himself has no spiritual will, the work is light and afraid of the heavy, he avoids things when he encounters things, and he refuses to work hard to learn and teach, then the students brought out are hollow wood, lack of calcium babies, it will be difficult to take on big responsibilities, and it will be more difficult to become a big thing. Spiritual will is an extremely important part of education.
The teacher's name is very beautiful, the teacher's profession is very noble, the teacher's education is brilliant, may the teacher be like a torch, like a light, illuminate the child's heart, illuminate the child's way forward!
Then, for the teacher, first be a teacher.
About author:Kang Hongshu (1974——), male, Han, undergraduate, deputy high, Sunshine Education Group, principal. Research Interests: Education Management.
(This article is the original contribution of President Kang Hongshu)
